Exciting

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2013)

If giant robots against humongous creatures sounds like a movie for you. Than this is it, your not gonna find one that's better. As a fan of that genre and director Guillermo Del Toro I can say that you won't be disappointed. That being said the film does leave a little to be desired. It centers on pilots called Jaegars who are used to pilot the giant robot suits, two to a machine. To do so they must do something called drifting enabling them to tap into each others psyches so they can power the machine together one for the right and one for the left. it's an intriguing concept solidly executed but a little underdeveloped. Although it's a whole lot of fun and surprisingly more character driven than you'd expect. The character arcs don't reach the heights that you would hope for. And the finale feels a bit rushed and not as developed as you'd hope. Still the fight scenes are phenomenal and the movie is tailor made for IMAX 3D more so than any other film recently. Besides the exciting creatures and striking visuals there are an allotment of very attractive guys piloting this film Charlie Hunnam(sons of Anarchy), Diego Klattenhoff(TV's Homeland), Idris Elba (Obsessed), Charlie Day (It's always sunny in philadelphia), Max Martini (Revenge) and the delectable Robert Kazinski (True Blood Season 6) all looking very nice in Imax 3D.And as the sole female character Rinko Kikuchi(Babel) more than holds her own and her storyline is the most engaging of the characters. There's a fare bit of cheese mixed into the proceedings as well as an expected lot of typical genre clichés but Pacific Rim is a thrilling, original sci-fi, action film that needs to be seen on the big screen! 4/5